Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Simple API for XML (SAX) skills within the Hampshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAX over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSimple API for XML (SAX)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank94117
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching contract IT job ads31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.761 %0.172 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£360£350
Average daily rate£375£388
% change on same period last year-3.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£390£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£348
% change on same period last year+7.75 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.33£9.38
% change on same period last year+255.55 %
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads394582
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.621 %0.624 %
Daily rates quoted99192
Average minimum daily rate£306£330
Average daily rate£324£346
% change on same period last year-6.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£342£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£334
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Hourly rates quoted8873
Average minimum hourly rate£33.57£33.40
Average hourly rate£36.68£36.55
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.78£39.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.92£31.53
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
SAX South EastSAX
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SAX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAX across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Hampshire SAX Demand Trend

SAX
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SAX across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire SAX Daily Rate Trend

SAX
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAX across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Hampshire SAX Daily Rate Histogram

SAX
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SAX across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire SAX Hourly Rate Trend

SAX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAX within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
FarnboroughNew entry-2£375-
SAX South EastSAX
South East

SAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing SAX also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SAX.

13 (100.00 %)Java
13 (100.00 %)JSP
13 (100.00 %)XML
13 (100.00 %)DOM
22 (66.67 %)WebServices
22 (66.67 %)EJB
22 (66.67 %)Hibernate
22 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
31 (33.33 %)C++
31 (33.33 %)JSF
31 (33.33 %)SC Cleared
31 (33.33 %)Wi-Fi
31 (33.33 %)Wireless
31 (33.33 %)Government
31 (33.33 %)CSS
31 (33.33 %)Perl
31 (33.33 %)PHP
31 (33.33 %)SQL
31 (33.33 %)J2EE
31 (33.33 %)MySQL
31 (33.33 %)Oracle
31 (33.33 %)XSLT
31 (33.33 %)UNIX
31 (33.33 %)Solaris
31 (33.33 %)Linux
31 (33.33 %)OO
31 (33.33 %)Python
31 (33.33 %)XHTML
31 (33.33 %)RSS
31 (33.33 %)LDAP

SAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing SAX also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SAX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %)JSP
13 (100.00 %)XML
13 (100.00 %)DOM
22 (66.67 %)WebServices
22 (66.67 %)EJB
22 (66.67 %)Hibernate
31 (33.33 %)JSF
31 (33.33 %)J2EE
31 (33.33 %)CSS
31 (33.33 %)XSLT
31 (33.33 %)XHTML
31 (33.33 %)RSS
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (33.33 %)LDAP
11 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
11 (33.33 %)Wi-Fi
11 (33.33 %)Wireless
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)MySQL
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Government
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Developer
12 (66.67 %)Java Developer
21 (33.33 %)Java Applications Developer
21 (33.33 %)Applications Developer
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (33.33 %)UNIX
11 (33.33 %)Solaris
11 (33.33 %)Linux
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
21 (33.33 %)OO
21 (33.33 %)OOD
21 (33.33 %)SC Cleared
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)Java
21 (33.33 %)Perl
21 (33.33 %)PHP
21 (33.33 %)SQL
21 (33.33 %)Python
21 (33.33 %)Tcl
21 (33.33 %)C++
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Oracle
11 (33.33 %)Cisco